I've been trying to fix this for over 6 hours now, and been reluctant to post this thread. But I've given in and finally posted it.

Everything works well until I click 'New game' and the cinematic-intro to the game stutters/lags so bad that it takes around 1 minute for it to go a couple frames. When I tried different revs [like 6000] it just black screens. I tried waiting at the start menu for 'demos' of gameplay where it was just automated. It played wonderfully with no lag or anything. The same goes for Metroid Prime and Klonoa 2, except it happens right as I boot up the game [the big lag].

I have no idea how to fix this at all, and would like to see if any of you can help me fix it.

The settings may be a bit wonky since I've been messing with them a TON to try and make it work.